FCP-L: Re: [FCP-L] Video Archive - What are you using?

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Re: [FCP-L] Video Archive - What are you using?

We were using LTO, but decided to switch back to raw drives. When a
drive is full, we clone it. Someone spins up the drives every 6
months. Call me in 3 years and I'll let you know what we lost.
Literally raw drives- there are a number of 'drop in' boxes- like
black-x, weibetech, etc. Some people advocate the weibitech
antistatic plastic boxes. We use anti static bags that come with the
drives.

Hth

Greg (at) secrethq.com
Greg Huson
Secret Headquarters, Inc
www.DigitalServiceStation.com
www.SecretHQ.com
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On Oct 28, 2009, at 9:33 AM, john@digitalcut.com wrote:

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>
> Hi folks - we've almost gone completely tapeless here, which is
> obviously a nightmare as far as storage goes! What are you folks
> using for Archiving? External drives, and placed on the shelf? Also,
> it seems like a project around here never really ends - things are
> always updated and re-exported, so the idea of the footage going to
> a DLT is out. Just wanted to poll the group to see if I'm doing it
> wrong: Currently I move projects to an external FW800 drive, and
> place it on the shelf - seems to work for me....but i'm always up
> for new ideas....
>
> John
>
>

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